* TheGulfWar: Chapter 11 briefly reveals that Marcus' father [[HeroicSacrifice died to protect his comrades]] from Iraqi Republican Guards. One of those men is Richard Stanley, the father of Porter (one of the main characters of the Asia Side-Story) and a former HLF member who appears in ''Case Files''.

* BadassPrincess: Princess Celestia and Luna, who were ready to beat Marcus into the ground due to him damn near killing the Mane Six. Celestia also plans to lead her troops into battle against the Solar Tyrant.** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff Gilda]] is the princess of the Griffon Kingdom in this fic.

* FamousFamousFictional: Chapter 4, "Nightfall Over Boston", has this dynamic regarding the people announced. You have figures like UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and the real-life UN Secretary General mentioned alongside ''Spectrum figures'' like Jack Davis and Rebecca Kleiner.

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* FamousFamousFictional: Chapter 4, "Nightfall Over Boston", has this dynamic regarding the people announced. You have figures like UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and the real-life UN Secretary General mentioned alongside ''Spectrum figures'' ''Spectrum'' figures like Jack Davis and Rebecca Kleiner.

* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Earth has this general feel, with the point of divergence being 2016; while Vladimir Putin is seemingly still the Russian President, while Jack Davis replaces Creator/DonaldTrump as the 45th President of the United States.

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* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Earth has this general feel, with the point of divergence being 2016; while Vladimir Putin is seemingly still the Russian President, while Jack Davis replaces Creator/DonaldTrump as the 45th President of the United States.

* AdaptationalHeroism: [[RedemptionEqualsDeath For all the good it's done for her]], Diamond Tiara is briefly mentioned by Cheerilee as having attempted to organise resistance against the Empire.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[RedemptionEqualsDeath For all the good it's done for her]], Diamond Tiara is briefly mentioned by Cheerilee as having attempted to organise organize a resistance against the Empire.

** Ana Bjorgman was a fairly prominent, but ultimately supporting character in the reboot's Hostage Crisis arc. Here, she's the second human POV character to appear.* BaitAndSwitch: A human, almost identical in description to Marcus, is sent to Equestria. [[spoiler: Except he's not Marcus]].* BewareTheNiceOnes: Celestia, who almost single-handedly shut down Alex in his tirade [[spoiler: while he's threatening Fluttershy]]. Amazingly, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome it worked]].

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** Ana Bjorgman was a fairly prominent, but ultimately supporting character in the reboot's original story's Hostage Crisis arc. Here, she's the second human POV character to appear.* BaitAndSwitch: A human, almost identical in description to Marcus, is sent to Equestria. [[spoiler: Except [[spoiler:Except he's not Marcus]].* BewareTheNiceOnes: Celestia, who almost single-handedly shut down Alex in his tirade [[spoiler: while [[spoiler:while he's threatening Fluttershy]]. Amazingly, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome it worked]].

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Alex, who is even more cool-headed about it than Marcus was. Unlike the original story, however, none of the ponies are driven to a sobbing mess like Celestia and Luna was then, even if they're still horrified by it.

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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Alex, who is even though he's more cool-headed about it than Marcus was. Unlike the original story, however, none of the ponies are driven to a sobbing mess like Celestia and Luna was then, even if they're still horrified by it.

* FamousFamousFictional: Chapter 4, ''Nightfall Over Boston'', has this dynamic regarding the people announced. You have figures like UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and the real-life UN Secretary General mentioned alongside Spectrum figures like Jack Davis and Rebecca Kleiner.* KillAndReplace: Subverted. [[spoiler: TCB!Redheart simply incapacitates her Prime counterpart before taking her place]].* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Earth has this general feel, with the point of divergence being 2016; while Vladimir Putin is seemingly still the Russian President, Jack Davis replaces Creator/DonaldTrump as the 45th President of the United States.

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* FamousFamousFictional: Chapter 4, ''Nightfall "Nightfall Over Boston'', Boston", has this dynamic regarding the people announced. You have figures like UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and the real-life UN Secretary General mentioned alongside Spectrum figures ''Spectrum figures'' like Jack Davis and Rebecca Kleiner.* KillAndReplace: Subverted. [[spoiler: TCB!Redheart [[spoiler:TCB!Redheart]] simply incapacitates her Prime counterpart before taking her place]].place.* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Earth has this general feel, with the point of divergence being 2016; while Vladimir Putin is seemingly still the Russian President, while Jack Davis replaces Creator/DonaldTrump as the 45th President of the United States.

* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly confirms ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' to have a reboot. Furthermore, it's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, the aftermath of Adlaborn's destruction seemingly confirms ''Joy to the Worlds'' as recanonised, the mention of Celestia and Luna's childhood in Adlaborn does the same for ''A Sun in Winter'', and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of ''Light Despondent'' - Kraber's appearance supports this.* SettingUpdate: The story now takes place during Season 3 of the show, instead of between Seasons 2 and 3. However, there are mentions of locations and races only introduced in future seasons. In the first Earth chapter it's confirmed that first contact occured in 2016, setting it firmly in a different timeline compared to the original.

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* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse elements are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised recanonized ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly confirms confirm ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' to have a reboot.(which its author states will be rebooted) still exist. Furthermore, it's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, the aftermath of Adlaborn's destruction seemingly confirms ''Joy to the Worlds'' as recanonised, the mention of Celestia and Luna's childhood in Adlaborn does the same for ''A Sun in Winter'', and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of ''Light Despondent'' - Kraber's appearance supports this.* SettingUpdate: The story now takes place during Season 3 of the show, instead of between Seasons 2 and 3. However, there are mentions of locations and races only introduced in future seasons. In the first Earth chapter chapter, it's confirmed that first contact occured occurred in 2016, setting it firmly in a different timeline compared to the original.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Celestia, who almost single-handedly shut down Alex in his tirade, while he's threatening Fluttershy. Amazingly, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome it worked]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: A human, almost identical in description to Marcus, is sent to Equestria. [[spoiler: Except he's not Marcus]].* BewareTheNiceOnes: Celestia, who almost single-handedly shut down Alex in his tirade, tirade [[spoiler: while he's threatening Fluttershy.Fluttershy]]. Amazingly, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome it worked]].

* OneManArmy: The PHL is mentioned to have this reputation towards the Empire, although conversely, their influence has been reduced compared to the United Nations Allied Command.* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly confirms ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' to have a reboot. It's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of Light Despondent.

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* OneManArmy: The As Ana ironically observes, the PHL is mentioned to have this reputation towards by the Empire, although conversely, their influence has been reduced compared to the United Nations Allied Command.* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly confirms ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' to have a reboot. It's Furthermore, it's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, the aftermath of Adlaborn's destruction seemingly confirms ''Joy to the Worlds'' as recanonised, the mention of Celestia and Luna's childhood in Adlaborn does the same for ''A Sun in Winter'', and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of Light Despondent.''Light Despondent'' - Kraber's appearance supports this.

* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: While individual countries are mentioned, the United Nations Allied Command, or UNAC, is mentioned as humanity's chief organisation. This replaces the vaguely-omnipresent PHL in the original Spectrum.

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* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: While individual countries are mentioned, the United Nations Allied Command, or UNAC, is mentioned as humanity's chief organisation. This replaces the vaguely-omnipresent reach the PHL had in the original Spectrum.

** Ana Bjorgman was a fairly prominent, but ultimately supporting character in the reboot's Hostage Crisis arc. Here, she's the second human POV character to appear.* BewareTheNiceOnes: Celestia, who almost single-handedly shut down Alex in his tirade, while he's threatening Fluttershy. Amazingly, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome it worked]].

* TheCameo: Kraber makes a brief appearance in Chapter 4.4, and is mentioned twice in the same chapter.

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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Alex, who is even more cool-headed about it than Marcus was. Unlike the original story, however, none of the ponies are driven to a sobbing mess like Celestia and Luna was then, even if they're still horrified by it.

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* TheHero: Lyra Heartstrings, in contrast to Marcus for the original story.

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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 3, which definitively shows the [[EvilCounterpart Solar Empire]] as the foe fighting to eradicate humanity. While this could count as a LateArrivalSpoiler given the story's reboot status, what makes it a WhamEpisode is ''how'' the reveal is presented.

* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly confirms ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' to have a reboot.

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* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly confirms ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' to have a reboot. It's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of Light Despondent.

* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of the Dragons of the East seemingly sets up ''Asia'' as another one.

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* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonised ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East seemingly sets up confirms ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' as another one.to have a reboot.

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